Aaron Hernandez Had a Brain Disease
We have been following the Aaron Hernandez situation for some time now.
First, Hernandez committed suicide while in the middle of serving out his time in prison for being charged with murder. Unfortunately, a month after Hernandez’s death a judge choose to drop the murder charges against him.
Then even further after his death, news hit of Hernandez having a male lover while locked up in prison.
Now, we have news informing you of a discovery about what was going on in Aaron Hernandez’s head all along.
Hernandez’s brain was used in tests and the results found that he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). This is a degenerative brain disease that is becoming more common in NFL players with the number reaching more than 100 former players.
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As the New York Times states:
“A lawyer for Hernandez, Jose Baez, in announcing the result at a news conference Thursday, said researchers determined it was ‘the most severe case they had ever seen in someone of Aaron’s age,’ which was 27.”
“Hernandez is the latest former N.F.L. player to have committed suicide and then been found with C.T.E., or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, joining Dave Duerson, Junior Seau, Andre Waters, Ray Easterling and Jovan Belcher, among others. Seau and Duerson shot themselves in the chest so that researchers would be able to examine their brains. Hernandez was found hanging in his prison cell.”
This dignoses has made Hernandez one of the youngest NFL players to be diagnosed with the disease.
On top of that, this discovery has caused more grief and turmoil with his family and they’ve decided to sue the National Football League and the New England Patriots for their late loved one.
